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# Track psql History Separately Per Database
By default, `psql` will keep track of all recent queries and commands in the
`.psql_history` file in your home directory.
When in a `psql` session, you can hit the `Up` key to go back through the
history to find a previously entered query. That means you can quickly retrieve
and rerun past queries.
However the default `psql` configuration means that your history can contain
queries from a `psql` session with another database that don't make sense in
the context of the current database.
You can keep these query histories separate by configuring `psql` to use
separate history files per database. This can be done by adding the following
line to your `~/.psqlrc` file.
```
\set HISTFILE ~/.psql_history-:DBNAME
```
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